Family and Children
In 1393 Ferdinand married Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374–1435). They had seven children:
- Alfonso V of Aragon (1396–1458), king of Aragon, Sicily and Naples
- Maria of Aragon, (1396–1445), queen of Castile, first wife of John II of Castile
- John II of Aragon (1398–1479)
- Henry of Aragon (c. 1400-1445), duke of Villena, count of Alburquerque and Empuries, lord of Sogorb, etc. and grand master of the military Order of Santiago
- Eleanor of Aragon, (1402–1445), queen of Portugal, who married Edward I of Portugal
- Peter of Aragon (1406–1438), count of Alburquerque and duke of Noto
- Sancho of Aragon (1410–1416), grand master of the Orders of Calatrava and Alcántara
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